Young Chow Garden

fried rice - OK chow mein - veggies not noodles price - OK spare ribs - super salty wonton soup - OK

Written by George H. on 11/28/2012 | Member since 2011
George ordered from here within the last year

It's hard to find a good Chinese delivery place on the Upper West Side. Young Chow has 5 stars on seamless so we gave it a try. Looks like we're going to have to keep looking. The food was delivered after about 45 minutes, but it was hot at least. The delivery person didn't speak English, and seemed rather angry about it - good thing tip is included in the order. The food was .. unremarkable. The hot and sour soup was neither hot nor sour - it was more like a brown soup with mushrooms - even though we requested extra spicy. The white rice portion was dry and overcooked (yes, its possible to combine these two adjectives - who knew?), and tiny. We had the seafood pan-fried noodles, which were bland as tasteless but stale and overly fishy at the same time, and the ribs appetizer was fatty and under-cooked. Finally, the "extra spicy" szechaun chicken wasn't spicy at all - how can a szechaun dish not be spicy?? - especially when it's listed as "hot and spicy" on the menu. Overall, a very disappointing experience. We'll keep looking.

Written by Robb K. on 10/4/2012 | 5 other reviews | Member since 2007
Robb ordered from here within the last year

This isn't the most gourmet Chinese food out there, but it's still really tasty and they give you so much for the price! I order a dinner special with a soup and that's dinner, late night snack and breakfast the next morning. Total comfort food. I order from here a lot.

Written by Kristen W. on 5/21/2013 | Member since 2012
Kristen ordered from here within the last week

Your basic cheap Chinese, which is fine if that's what you're looking for, but slow delivery, and not particularly good flavor.

Written by Micah F. on 5/21/2013 | Member since 2007
Micah ordered from here within the last week

Great flavors! Excellent food and prices. This is a regular order for me. Try the wonton soup. Yum!!!

Written by Stacy L. on 4/27/2013 | Member since 2009
Stacy ordered from here within the last month

I normally order the sesame chicken with vegetable fried rice but i am going to stop ordering from them because the delivery man was very rude you walked two blocks and you expected a tip then wants to kick off my door and everytime he delivers my food he is rude

Written by samantha l. on 4/8/2013 | Member since 2012
samantha ordered from here within the last year

Every time i have ordered from this place, the food arrives fast, hot, and tasting very good.

Written by saban f. on 3/28/2013 | 1 other review | Member since 2012
saban ordered from here within the last week

I did not get the egg roll with this order. Just the chicken.

Written by Julia K. on 3/24/2013 | Member since 2011
Julia ordered from here within the last year

Great food, fast delivery

Written by Youli A. on 3/6/2013 | Member since 2012
Youli ordered from here within the last month

Finally! A General Tso's Chicken that is actually spicy! After trying almost every Chinese place that delivers in the UWS I think this is the final destination. It's not superb but It's the best I've found. Delivery was super fast too.

Written by fellows m. on 3/3/2013 | 2 other reviews | Member since 2012
fellows ordered from here within the last year

Middle of the road Chinese food. I still am having a hard time finding a great spot on the UWS. One thing to note, delivery man was not rude like most of the reviews below, but it did take an hour and a half to get my food.

Written by Deborah G. on 2/18/2013 | 1 other review | Member since 2011
Deborah ordered from here within the last year

The orange chicken used to be good, but my past two orders from here had WAY too much breading on the chicken. Absolutely horrible. Most of the other food is decent, and delivery tends to be on time.

Written by Kacie W. on 2/17/2013 | Member since 2012
Kacie ordered from here within the last year

Terrible! The food was awful and the delivery man yelled at me because he couldn't find my apartment. Ran around my floor shouting then shoved my food at me and yelled once he finally found my place. Unacceptable behavior. On top of that, the food was dreadful. The chicken was all fat, the fried rice was tasteless, and the shrimp dumplings had shell in them. I will never be ordering from here again.

Written by Emily P. on 2/12/2013 | 2 other reviews | Member since 2010
Emily ordered from here within the last year

Took over 45 mins to get my food and this place is 2 blocks away. The hot and sour soup is like goop and is not edible. The General Tso's chicken is warm but over cooked and has way too much breading. It's just bad food. Do not order from here.

Written by Sarah J. on 2/10/2013 | Member since 2012
Sarah ordered from here within the last year

Nothing special, though the dinner specials are good deals. They got our order wrong and sent chicken & broccoli instead of the shrimp meal, but fixed it quickly. The lo mein looked and tasted like spaghetti. We'll go elsewhere in the future.

Written by BRYAN H. on 2/1/2013 | 12 other reviews | Member since 2009
BRYAN ordered from here within the last year